Well, this was certainly an ambitious film. Viewers cycle between scenes in Ireland, England, "Amazonia" and even the front lines during World War I. Even though the movie was already long, I thought some of the jumping around was a little too rushed. For instance, Percy and his half-starved, beleaguered crew make it to one of their destinations somewhere down the river, and I thought, damn, they might not make it back, but then the next scene just jumps willy-nilly back to England. It was so jarring, I thought the scene in England was a dream sequence. They almost died getting to that point on the river; how on earth did they get back to the "safe" part of the jungle? In any case, the cinematography here was excellent, as were the performances of Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller. The movie had a great supporting cast as well. We apparently don't know what happened to the real guy, so the film handled the ambiguity of the ending as well as it could have. I loved the final scene, where his wife, Nina, exits the building and in a mirror, the viewer sees her walk through what looks like jungle vegetation, and we here birds in the distance. I'm not sure if that bit of symbolism was supposed to mean the jungle and Percy's ambition effectively consumed Nina and her family or that part of Nina died or was lost alongside Percy, in South America. In either case, I thought it was a really interesting way to end the film.
Review by Jeremy StyronBlockedParent2023-04-24T17:12:08Z
Well, this was certainly an ambitious film. Viewers cycle between scenes in Ireland, England, "Amazonia" and even the front lines during World War I. Even though the movie was already long, I thought some of the jumping around was a little too rushed. For instance, Percy and his half-starved, beleaguered crew make it to one of their destinations somewhere down the river, and I thought, damn, they might not make it back, but then the next scene just jumps willy-nilly back to England. It was so jarring, I thought the scene in England was a dream sequence. They almost died getting to that point on the river; how on earth did they get back to the "safe" part of the jungle? In any case, the cinematography here was excellent, as were the performances of Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller. The movie had a great supporting cast as well. We apparently don't know what happened to the real guy, so the film handled the ambiguity of the ending as well as it could have. I loved the final scene, where his wife, Nina, exits the building and in a mirror, the viewer sees her walk through what looks like jungle vegetation, and we here birds in the distance. I'm not sure if that bit of symbolism was supposed to mean the jungle and Percy's ambition effectively consumed Nina and her family or that part of Nina died or was lost alongside Percy, in South America. In either case, I thought it was a really interesting way to end the film.